sneak peek of the awesomebook
So over the weekend, Kirsten got the coolest present ever. It was a scrapbook from her aunt (plus her BFF and a bunch of other folks). Yeah, I know what you’re thinking. “A scrapbook? What are you, like 3?” Which was kinda what I thought at first because I was actually into scrapbooking when I was in fact, 3. Except that the S got lost and it was more like a crapbook with gaudy cutout pictures and huge blobs (which I drew).
Till this day, I still draw like a 3-year-old and not in the that’s-so-cute-and-childlike sorta way, but the get-that-thing-out-of-my-face kinda way. And before you get all judgey, I’ll have you know that I make up for my lack of artistic talent in other ways. Some guys can draw, others can shoot foam out of their ass (baby girl, I’m looking at you), and me, I can hoola-hoop for a *really* long time while standing on one leg and with both hands tied behind my back. Impressive, I know.
Right, so when I saw the scrapbook, my jaw totally fell and hit the floor because it was awesomeness in a book. It should be called an awesomebook and trust me, when you see it, you’ll be wishing you got one just like it so you can show off to all your friends that you’ve got an awesomebook and they’d be all like, “I wish I had one too”.
Even though it technically wasn’t for me because the title says a hundred rules for kirsten kao, I still teared a little when I got home and read it. It was filled with pictures that they drew/shot themselves, which were totally gaudy awesome. And apparently, she had to pull a thousand favors and make a complete fool of herself by wearing her PJs (without the pants) out to a fancypants cafe. I would have paid a lot of money just to witness that alone.
With this brilliant move, yi-yi’s (that’s what we call teenage grandaunts here) stocks have risen exponentially. When Kirsten turns 18 and she gets asked what’s the best present she’s ever received, it’s not going to be the Audi TT that mama bought, but the awesomebook that took a thousand hours to make.
PS If you want a sneak peek at the making of it, you can check out this site.
